Spain:
Spain is a country in theIberian Peninsula of 504,782 sq km, whose capital is Madrid. It has population of about 47,27 million of inhabitants.
It also comprises the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, and theBalearic Islands.
The dialects that are found are: the catalan, the euskera and the spanish.
Isabel Clara Eugenia
Biography
She was born in the city of Segovia on the 12th of August of 1566. She was the sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low countries and the north of modern France, togeth
er with her husband Archiduke Albert, son of Maximiliano II. She was the daughter of King Philip II and of Isabel of Valois. Her paternal grandparents were Emperor Charles V and Isabel of Portugal. Her maternal grandparents were Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. She was called Isabel for her mother, Clara for the day of her birth and Eugenio in honour of Saint Eugenio.
Childhood
Isabel Clara Eugenia was the one Philip II loved most. She was the only person whom Philip permitted to help him with his work, sorting his papers and translating Italian documents into the Spanish language for him. After the death of Isabel of Valois, Phillip II fought for achieving for his daughter the throne of France. Isabel remained closed to her father until his death on the 13th of September of 1598, and served as his primary caretaker during the last three years of his life, when he was plagued by gout and frequent illness.
Spanish Netherlands
The reign of Archduke Albert of Austria and Archduchess Isabel Clara Eugenia is a key period in the history of the Spanish Netherlands. In addition to economic prosperity, the action of the two rulers stimulated the growth of a separate South Netherlandish identity. When ir became clear that independence would not be possible, the Albert's and Isabel's goal became the reincorporation of the Southern provinces into the Spanish monarchy.
When Albert died in 1621, as they had no children, the Netherlands returned to the Spanish Crown, and Isabel Clara Eugenia maintained her charge of governor of the Netherlands.
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Spain:
Spain is a country in the Iberian Peninsula of 504,782 sq km, whose capital is Madrid. It has population of about 47,27 million of inhabitants.
It also comprises the Canary Islands, Ceuta and Melilla, and the Balearic Islands.
The dialects that are found are: the catalan, the euskera and the spanish.
Isabel Clara Eugenia
Biography
She was born in the city of Segovia on the 12th of August of 1566. She was the sovereign of the Spanish Netherlands in the Low countries and the north of modern France, togeth
er with her husband Archiduke Albert, son of Maximiliano II. She was the daughter of King Philip II and of Isabel of Valois. Her paternal grandparents were Emperor Charles V and Isabel of Portugal. Her maternal grandparents were Henry II of France and Catherine de' Medici. She was called Isabel for her mother, Clara for the day of her birth and Eugenio in honour of Saint Eugenio.
Childhood
Isabel Clara Eugenia was the one Philip II loved most. She was the only person whom Philip permitted to help him with his work, sorting his papers and translating Italian documents into the Spanish language for him. After the death of Isabel of Valois, Phillip II fought for achieving for his daughter the throne of France. Isabel remained closed to her father until his death on the 13th of September of 1598, and served as his primary caretaker during the last three years of his life, when he was plagued by gout and frequent illness.
Spanish Netherlands
The reign of Archduke Albert of Austria and Archduchess Isabel Clara Eugenia is a key period in the history of the Spanish Netherlands. In addition to economic prosperity, the action of the two rulers stimulated the growth of a separate South Netherlandish identity. When ir became clear that independence would not be possible, the Albert's and Isabel's goal became the reincorporation of the Southern provinces into the Spanish monarchy.
When Albert died in 1621, as they had no children, the Netherlands returned to the Spanish Crown, and Isabel Clara Eugenia maintained her charge of governor of the Netherlands.
Isabel Clara Eugenia
Archiduke Albert
Isabel Clara Eugenia on Dipity.